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Bedding For Cattle

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
July
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

It was a common remark of Mr. Asa G. Sheldon, of Wilmington, that oxen would do better to travel twenty miles a day and rest upon a good bed of straw or other Htter that is soft and easy to stand and He upon through the night, than they would to go only sixteen miles, and lie upon bare, hard planks at night. Mr. Sheldon probably had as much experience in teaining on the road with oxen as any other farmer of his day, and to this long experience was added an uncommonly close and intelligent observation of cattle, and hia testimony is, therefore, of great value as to the efficacy of a good soft bed for working cattle. We allude to this subject now for the reason that where cattle are kept for farm work, they are at this season kept constantly in the yoke through the day and often very hard at work from morning till night. Many farmers have an idea that noff that the weather has got to be warm, the oxen do not need the bedding which they were accustomed to supply in winter. we have little doubt that Mr. Sheldon was correct, and that oxen will be capablö of doiug one-flfth more work where they are properly bedded, and do it with less wear and tear, than where they are made to lie on hard and uncomfortable floors. If you have not straw or oats or hay to give them in sufficient abundance, get some sawdust or tan-bark, or something of the kind, and use it freely three or four inches thiok. Sawdust is a pretty good absorbent and retainer of liquids and usef ui in that way. Sand is good for

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Old News
Michigan Argus